The Minnesota Twins couldn't pull it off against the Texas Rangers, 9 to 8, on May 15, 1979.

Final

Rangers

20-14

9

Twins

22-11

8

TEX

MIN

1

0

1

2

0

2

3

0

4

0

5

3

1

6

1

2

7

0

2

8

5

0

9

0

R

9

8

H

12

14

E

2

0

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

TEX

MIN

Butch Wynegar grounded out; Roy Smalley scored.

0

1

Bottom 2nd

TEX

MIN

Home run by Willie Norwood; Rob Wilfong scored.

0

3

Top 5th

TEX

MIN

Single by Larvell Blanks; Mike Jorgensen scored.

1

3

Home run by Johnny Grubb; Larvell Blanks scored.

3

Bottom 5th

TEX

MIN

Single by Glenn Adams; Ron Jackson scored.

3

4

Top 6th

TEX

MIN

Home run by Al Oliver.

4

Bottom 6th

TEX

MIN

Double by Ron Jackson; Willie Norwood and Roy Smalley scored.

4

6

Bottom 7th

TEX

MIN

Home run by John Castino.

4

7

Home run by Roy Smalley.

4

8

Top 8th

TEX

MIN

Double by Richie Zisk; Johnny Grubb scored.

5

8

Single by Pat Putnam; Richie Zisk scored.

6

8

Double by Jim Sundberg; Pat Putnam scored.

7

8

Single by John Ellis; Mike Jorgensen and Jim Sundberg scored.

9

8

Rangers

Twins

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Johnny Grubb LF	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	5
Buddy Bell 3B	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Al Oliver CF	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Richie Zisk RF	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
Pat Putnam DH	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Mike Jorgensen 1B	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
Jim Sundberg C	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Bump Wills 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
John Ellis PH	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Chalk 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larvell Blanks SS	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Nelson Norman SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	9	12	9	2	2	4	1	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dock Ellis	5.1	9	6	5	2	1	1
Dave Rajsich	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sparky Lyle (W)	3.0	5	2	2	2	2	2
Jim Kern (S)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	14	8	7	5	3	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Willie Norwood CF	6	2	3	2	1	0	0	6
Roy Smalley SS	6	3	4	1	1	0	0	7
Ken Landreaux LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	1
Ron Jackson 1B	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	4
Butch Wynegar C	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	1
Dave Edwards PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Borgmann C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Adams DH	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Jose Morales PH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Wilfong 2B	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Randall PH,2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bombo Rivera RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
John Castino 3B	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	5
Totals	43	8	14	8	3	5	3	25

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Pete Redfern	5.0	7	4	4	1	3	2
Mike Bacsik	2.2	3	4	4	1	1	0
Mike Marshall (L)	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0
Ken Brett	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	12	9	9	2	4	2

Explore

More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Julien

RBI

14

Jeffers

AVG

.306

Correa

Team Pitching Leaders

W

1

Alcala

K

38

Ryan

ERA

3.45

Ryan

Team Rankings

HR

27

13th

R

97

25th

SO

254

2nd

ERA

3.90

16th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	8	.692
Royals	17	10	.630	1.5
Tigers	14	12	.538	4.0
Twins	12	13	.480	5.5
White Sox	4	22	.154	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	MIN	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Sun 4/28	MIN	@	LAA	4:07 PM
Mon 4/29	MIN	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Tue 4/30	MIN	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Wed 5/1	MIN	@	CWS	2:10 PM

Last Game

Angels

10-16

3

Final

5

Twins

12-13

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0